putrelle
\py.tʁɛl\
The verdict
“putrelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom régional de la mercuriale annuelle, sorte d’adventice des jardins et des cultures estivales.
Corpus desk
Index FR-putrelle · putrelle · French
putrelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | putrelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.tʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « putrelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
putrelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.tʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom régional de la mercuriale annuelle, sorte d’adventice des jardins et des cultures estivales.".
putrelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is putrelle, spelled P-U-T-R-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom régional de la mercuriale annuelle, sorte d’adventice des jardins et des cultures estivales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how putrelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle dénommait dans son langage ces diverses herbes : la mauve était du fromageon, et la pariétaire, la putrelle.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.